Overview
- Highlights the political contexts that are currently posing a threat to democracy and democratic values
- Signals the need for a new approach to civic and citizenship education
- Provides concrete examples of how civic and citizenship education needs to be reframed
- Outlines a future research agenda for civic and citizenship education
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)
Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in Citizenship Education for the 21st Century (SCEC)
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The book highlights current issues influencing civic and citizenship education and their theoretical underpinnings. It provides an overview of the key features influencing ‘democratic deconsolidation’ , suggests ways in which civic and citizenship education needs to be reframed in order to fit this new political environment, and demonstrates how social media will play a significant role in any future for civic and citizenship education.
Currently, democratic institutions are under attack, democratic values are threatened, and there is a wide-scale retreat from the liberal consensus that has underpinned liberal democracies internationally. These trends can be seen in events like, Brexit, the election of a right-wing populist President of the United States and, anti-democratic governments in parts of Europe. It is this change in the direction of political ideology that is currently ‘deconsolidating democracy’ and thus challenging traditional approaches to civic and citizenship education. What is urgently needed is an understanding of these current trends and their implications for thinking in new ways about civic and citizenship education in the 21st century.
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Book Title: Civic and Citizenship Education in Volatile Times
Book Subtitle: Preparing Students for Citizenship in the 21st Century
Authors: Kerry J Kennedy
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6386-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-6385-6Published: 03 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-6386-3Published: 23 April 2019
Series ISSN: 2211-1921
Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 80
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Citizenship, Educational Policy and Politics, Curriculum Studies